Reims, Saint-Jacques

REIMS-J

Building Data for Reims, Saint-Jacques

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  • Type: Parish
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  • Region: Champagne-Ardenne
  • Department: Marne
  • Coords: 49.254, 4.0286
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  • Surveyed: 1969, 1977, 1980-83

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Documents for Reims, Saint-Jacques

1183



Construction of a new quarter by Bishop Guillaume de Champagne

Elle avait été construit pour les besoins spirituels des habitants d'un nouveau quartier que l'archevêque Guillaume de Champagne avait créé en 1183 sur ses terres de la Couture, située hors des murs de la cité, et qui avait pris un rapide développement,...

It had been constructed for the spiritual needs of the inhabitants of a new quarter which archbishop Guillaume de Champagne had created in 1183 on the lands of La Couture, situated outside the walls of the city, and which had developed rapidly,...

Source: Demaison, L., "Eglise de Saint-Jacques", Congrès archéologique, Reims, 1911, 93.

1190



Bishop Guillaume de Champagne states that construction already begun

...IN CULTURA IN QUA EDIFICATUR ECCLESIA BEATI JACOBI

...for worship for which the church of Saint-Jacques is being built.

Source: Demaison, L., "Eglise de Saint-Jacques", Congrès archéologique, Reims, 1911, 107.